[rkward-devel] Potential Data editor bug

[Stefan Rödiger]

Am Dienstag 21 September 2010, 16:52:04 schrieb Thomas Friedrichsmeier:
> Hi,
> 
> On Sunday 19 September 2010, Prasenjit Kapat wrote:
> > As a caution to the user: Should a warning be displayed when the data
> > editor encounters multiple columns with same name? Noting that, the
> > data itself is not lost, it is just not displayed and hence not safe
> > to be edited! (Or is it safe anyways?)
> 
> ok, current SVN version should no longer crash on this object. A warning
> should be displayed, and the table set to read-only mode. Please test.
> 

Confirmed. It's (opening and warning) working reliably.

What is the rational to set it to read-only mode? I mean giving a warning and 
leaving the user in this mode might be a bit confusing. In a future version it 
might be nice to have an option in the dialogue to change the mode. Something 
like "okay I know and don't want to edit it" and "okay I know and want to edit 
it right now".

Regards
Stefan

> It should be mostly, but not entirely safe to edit such objects. If you
> edit a cell in one of the duplicate columns, all columns with the same
> name will be affected in the backend. However, in the editor, this will
> not become visible until you close and re-open the editor.
>

> Regards
> Thomas